Janet was the first inductee into the Council of Community Services’ Hall of Fame for Executive Directors. In 1991 the Davidson County Business and Professional Women named her “Woman of the Year” and recipient of the Bess Maddux Award. She was inducted into the YWCA Academy for Women of Achievement in the fall of 1998, and in 1999 she became the first CEO of the Year award recipient from the Center for Nonprofit Management. She is the 2009 Athena Award recipient.
During her previous tenure as executive director of Outlook Nashville, the agency received the HCA and Service Corps of Retired Executives first Excellence in Nonprofit Management award. Prior to her tenure at Outlook Nashville, Janet served in several senior leadership positions with Dede Wallace Center (Centerstone) including directing the largest child and family mental health program in Tennessee. She began her career as supervisor of occupational therapy and director of adjunctive therapy at Middle Tennessee Mental Health Institute.
Community-minded, Janet has served as president of CABLE, of the Association of Nonprofit Executives, the Council of United Way Executives and the board of Richland Place. Active in the Downtown Rotary Club, she has served on the Greater Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce board of governors, the Metropolitan Planning Commission and is an alumnus of Leadership Nashville.
A role model for active aging, Janet has successfully competed in several triathlons. She currently holds the Tennessee State Senior Olympics age group course records for the 5k road race and 20k cycling and is the current Half Marathon State Champion in the senior grand masters division. Janet and her husband have hundreds of awards for national and international competitions they have won with their spotted saddle horses.
A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Vanderbilt University, she holds the Master of Arts degree in psychology and education from George Peabody College and a Master of Business Administration from Tennessee State University.